Welcome to Gemini Central 4.0


This document provides the release notes for Gemini Central 4.0. It describes new capabilities and notable changes relative to the previous production release.


Upgrade from previous versions


Central 4.0 is a complete revamped in its underlining operating system with  the majority overhaul to ensure the compatibilities of various features with its new operating system and meeting the latest security practices.  It supports upgrade paths from the earlier Central 3.1 and Central 3.2 versions.  


With its new operating system, the upgrade procedure is different from its previous upgrade methods.  Please contact Gemini Support for various compatibility concerns to ensure a smooth and successful upgrades.  


What’s New in Gemini Central 3.2


System and Foundation

  • New operating system
  • Different upgrade method
  • Compatibilities checked


New Features

  • Neo4J v5 support
  • Local Large Language Model support


Fixed Issues

  • MGR-4513: Infinity redirect on Admin Web
  • MGR-4600: 4.0 System Update Feature doesn't work

  • MGR-4583:System will enter emergency mode at reboot after changing the disk encryption key

  • MGR-4561: Failed to build CSS file

  • MGR-4517: Syslog-ng shutting down after saving Log rules

  • MGR-4516: Failed to create virtual bonding interface

  • MGR-4505: Cerated SNMP v3 causes 500 errors

  • MGR-4504: Cannot remove SNMP agent v3

  • MGR-4503: Cannot activate Splunk workload manager through Daemon interface

  • MGR-4495: Failed to unmount an encrypted disk

  • MGR-4493: Create soft RAID failed

  • MGR-4487: Docker-compose command changed

  • MGR-4486: LDAP user login failed

  • MGR-4485: Tableau install failed

  • MGR-4483: Restore settings failed

  • MGR-4482: OVA install failed

  • MGR-4481: System goes into emergency mode after adding disk and reboot

  • MGR-4480: failed to mount local disks

  • MGR-4475: failed to upload licenses

  • MGR-4472: Install Explore failed: Cannot find docker-compose.yml

  • MGR-4464: Decrypt failed for diag files

  • MGR-4462: Splunk upgrade fails when systemd management is enabled and Splunk is running

  • MGR-4446: Cannot generate system diagnostic files

  • MGR-4445: SSH page showing 404

  • MGR-4444: Ethernet page empty

  • MGR-4443: Admin Advisory doesn't work

  • MGR-4440: Root password rotation doesn't work in 4.0 ISO

  • MGR-4437: sbox-admin can't be installed on 4.0 ISO

  • MGR-4436: Keepalived can't run on 4.0 ISO

  • MGR-4419: ifcfg format files are deprecated in 4.0 ISO

  • MGR-4417: sbox-pepsi always return 500

  • MGR-4414: sbox-admin can't restart

  • MGR-4413: gemini-sort-nic.service failed to start

  • MGR-4596: Side panel empty when clicking Merge for an additional disk

  • MGR-4593: Cannot read the status of Soft RAID device

  • MGR-4590: Unmount showing successful while it's actually failed

  • MGR-4588: Fail to update configuration (unable to stop/start splunkd)

  • MGR-4584: SNMP v3 user doesn't really delete in conf file

  • MGR-4578: SSH Unaltered Port for UPDATE displays a prompt that is already in use

  • MGR-4577: SNMP Agent creation failure will still be shown in the list

  • MGR-4576: Saving SNMP Trap Thresholds causes enabling SNMP Service Control to be turned off

  • MGR-4565: Instance started fail after alternatively installing Explore online/offline

  • MGR-4521: Booting into emergency mode if mounted with two softRAIDs

  • MGR-4520: /SYSTEM/storage/index status=500 after mounting softRAID level 5 twice

  • MGR-4511: Building environment error with Splunk 9.1.1

  • MGR-4510: Bulk Provisioning with errors if network settings choose static assigned

  • MGR-4499: Server switch status display error

  • MGR-4492: System went to emergency mode after upgrade test pack twice

  • MGR-4491: Unmount a local disk will mount it to history path

  • MGR-4488: Cannot open Neo4j Web

  • MGR-4471: Change SSH service port failed

  • MGR-4463: Splunk OS user cannot stop/start/restart Splunk when systemd management is enabled

  • MGR-4313: qr command disappear

  • MGR-4392: Stopping Explore and uninstall with wiped data option selected doesn't wipe data

  • MGR-4381: Gunicorn only can have single thread on the latest OS

  • MGR-4357: application.py: AttributeError: 'SystemExit' object has no attribute 'message'

  • MGR-4350: Cannot concat byte with string when adding get_boot_id() output to a string

  • MGR-4349: NameError: name 'reload' is not defined in mgr-app-signal (pepsi)

  • MGR-4348: Cannot launch pepsi server in new OS

  • MGR-4347: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'jwt'

  • MGR-4346: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'sbox' when running mgr-admin in the new OS

  • MGR-4345: Missing hosts.deny and hosts.allow under /etc in the new OS

  • MGR-4299: Tableau server upgrade fails

  • MGR-4158: IP cannot configure manually

  • MGR-3560: Failed to install apps in solution page

  • MGR-2167: Cannot bring up nic0 after adding network adapter

  • MGR-4591: Mount device failed with encryption

  • MGR-4560: Default hostname is "gemini-NONE"

  • MGR-4532: Not able to config MTU

  • MGR-4380: SSH Failtoban function doesn't work

  • MGR-4138: Ethernet page error if reduce the number of NICs

  • MGR-3694: SNMP Save button re-enables SNMP service automatically

  • MGR-3660: eth0 interface is not assigned an IP where there are multiple interfaces in Ethernet

Known Issues

  • MGR-4638: Disk does not show on list after decrypted

  • MGR-4543: Backup status incomplete for Cluster > Backup job

  • MGR-4522: Execute Jobs Tasks with no execution status are stuck in assignment
  • MGR-4668: SSH timeout doesn't work in 4.x
  • MGR-4628: Failed to reset admin password when workload manager enabled
  • MGR-4602: Cannot access web after reboot
  • MGR-4595: Sometimes add/remove node from cluster failed in Splunk Environment
  • MGR-4586: Failover role changed after reboot
  • MGR-4557: Tableau Server reinstallation doesn't reinstall the packages
  • MGR-4524: Bulk Provisioning completed with error
  • MGR-4530: /System/ethernet/_do_update status=200 when DHCP failed to get ip
  • MGR-4439: Installation ISO image can't be used with an USB flash drive

Supported Platform Application Versions


Splunk

Splunk Enterprise 8.0

Splunk Enterprise 8.1

Splunk Enterprise 8.2

Splunk Enterprise 9.0

Gemini Explore

Gemini Explore 2.0

Gemini Explore 3.0

Neo4j

Neo4j Enterprise 4.x

Tableau Server

Tableau Server 2022-3-2


Deprecated Features

  • Integration Center (including Splunk apps)

  • Deployment Manager / Client (Old Splunk environment)

  • AWS Provision

  • Gemini Agent

  • MinIO Feature Platform

  • Explore 2.0 and below versions support

  • HTTP proxy

  • S3 mount (S3 fuse)

  • Log Editor (Experiment)

  • Single sign-on

  • Catalog

  • DSET (Dell System E-Support Tool)

  • MegaCli

  • DPDK

  • All the i686 packages


Removed Features

  • None



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